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A small time delay between interactions, which has previously been shown to remove divergences from QED, is used to show that, if spacetime geometry is emergent from particle interactions in the manner suggested by Bondi, then Minkowski…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-13 Charles Francis

We present a comprehensive introduction to spacetime algebra that emphasizes its practicality and power as a tool for the study of electromagnetism. We carefully develop this natural (Clifford) algebra of the Minkowski spacetime geometry,…

Optics · Physics 2015-07-03 Justin Dressel , Konstantin Y. Bliokh , Franco Nori

I apply the algebraic framework introduced in arXiv:1101.4542v3[math.MG] to Minkowski (pseudo-Euclidean) spaces in 2, 3, and 4 dimensions. The exposition follows the template established in arXiv:1307.2917[math.MG] for Euclidean spaces. The…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-07-19 Andrey Sokolov

We begin from the generalised eight-dimensional Minkowski spacetime structure, previously developed in Clifford geometric algebra $ C\ell(\Re^3) $. We propose that this is the correct algebraic representation for physical three-dimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 James M. Chappell , David L. Berkahn , Derek Abbott

The four dimensional spacetime continuum, as first conceived by Minkowski, has become the dominant framework within which to describe physical laws. In this paper, we show how this four-dimensional structure is a natural property of…

The nonlinear stability of Minkowski spacetime has been one of the central achievements in the mathematical theory of general relativity and, more broadly, in the analysis of nonlinear geometric wave equations. Since the seminal work of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-27 Dawei Shen

The usual formulations of quantum field theory in Minkowski spacetime make crucial use of Poincare symmetry, positivity of total energy, and the existence of a unique, Poincare invariant vacuum state. These and other key features of quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-03 Robert M. Wald

Embedding of the brane metric into Euclidean (2+4)-space is found. Brane geometry can be visualized as the surface of the hyper-sphere in six dimensions which 'radius' is governed by the cosmological constant. Minkowski space in this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 M. Gogberashvili

Lecture notes from the mini-course "Topics in Lorentz Geometry" taught at the University of S\~{a}o Paulo, in March/2019. The text has three parts: (i) an overall view of linear algebra in the pseudo-Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n_\nu$, with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Ivo Terek

Usando la noci\'on de C-ortocentro se extienden, a planos de Minkowski en general, nociones de la geometr\'ia cl\'asica relacionadas con un tri\'angulo, como por ejemplo: puntos de Euler, tri\'angulo de Euler, puntos de Poncelet. Se…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-02 Tobías de Jesús Rosas Soto

Quantum theory and relativity are the pillar theories on which our understanding of physics is based. Poincar\'e invariance is a fundamental physical principle stating that the experimental results must be the same in all inertial reference…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Damián Pitalúa-García

The lightlike geometry of codimension two spacelike submanifolds in Lorentz-Minkowski space has been developed in [Izumiya, S. and Romero Fuster, M. C. Selecta Mathematica (NS), 13 23--55 (2007)] which is a natural Lorentzian analogue of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-02 Atsufumi Honda , Shyuichi Izumiya

From the modern viewpoint and by the geometric method, this paper provides a concise foundation for the quantum theory of massless spin-3/2 field in Minkowski spacetime, which includes both the one-particle's quantum mechanics and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Weigang Qiu , Fei Sun , Hongbao Zhang

The exterior algebra of Minkowski space naturally has the structure of a sixteen-dimensional Clifford algebra representation, and so can be used as the space of spinors. We examine plane, circular, and spherical solutions to the free Dirac…

General Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Jason Hanson

We show that the 1+1 dimensional reduction (i.e., the radial plane) of the Kruskal black hole can be embedded in 2+1 Minkowski spacetime and discuss how features of this spacetime can be seen from the embedding diagram. The purpose of this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Donald Marolf

We consider spacelike surfaces in the four-dimensional Minkowski space and introduce geometrically an invariant linear map of Weingarten-type in the tangent plane at any point of the surface under consideration. This allows us to introduce…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-30 Georgi Ganchev , Velichka Milousheva

Minkowski Space is the simplest four-dimensional Lorentzian Manifold, being topologically trivial and globally flat, and hence the simplest model of spacetime--from a General-Relativistic point of view. But this does not mean that it is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 Domenico Giulini

A time-flat condition on spacelike 2-surfaces in spacetime is considered here. This condition is analogous to constant torsion condition for curves in three dimensional space and has been studied in [2, 4, 5, 12, 13]. In particular, any…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-22 Po-Ning Chen , Mu-Tao Wang , Ye-Kai Wang

Understanding the nature of time remains a key unsolved problem in science. Newton in the Principia asserted an absolute universal time that {\it `flows equably'}. Hamilton then proposed a mathematical unification of space and time within…

General Physics · Physics 2015-11-02 James M. Chappell , John G. Hartnett , Azhar Iqbal , Nicolangelo Iannella , Derek Abbott

Calabi's Bernstein-type theorem asserts that a zero mean curvature entire graph in Lorentz-Minkowski space $\boldsymbol L^3$ which admits only space-like points is a space-like plane. Using the fluid mechanical duality between minimal…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-26 Shintaro Akamine , Masaaki Umehara , Kotaro Yamada